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Editor's Letter: An automotive origin story
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Editor’s Letter: An automotive origin story

Many of us can vividly identify a defining moment in time that set us on a life-long path of automotive fanaticism. Our Editor, Alex Inwood, found that moment in the pages of Wheels.

Mazda MX-5 Cup Racer vs Mazda MX-5 Racers Edge
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Mazda MX-5 Cup Racer vs Mazda MX-5: Racer’s Edge

We were eager to try our hand at one of two Mazda MX-5 Cup Racers in the country, but could it still possess everything we loved about the road-going car?

Ford Falcon Sprint Hero
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Opinion: Losing Australian cars means making compromises

It’s the locals who lose out when the only cars they can buy are built for a global market

2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Veloce: Alfa's gamechanger
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2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Veloce review

Alfa Romeo’s fall from prominence after storied sports car eminence throughout the ’60s and ’70s has been rough. With billions of Euros in development under its skin, the new Giulia changes everything!

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Performance Car Podcast: Porsche 911 Turbo

Discussing Porsche’s benchmark everyday supercar

Motor interiors
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9 weird and wonderful interiors

These unforgettable cockpits were either oh-so-right, or oh-so-wrong

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Jon Olsson adds 600kW Rolls-Royce to ridiculous collection

Pro skier spends his days building and thrashing a selection of cars that will leave you slack-jawed

Ferrari F40 turns 30
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Ferrari F40 turns 30

Forza F40! – Maranello’s blown idol celebrates three decades of brilliance

BMW F80 M3 30 Jahre
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30 years of BMW M3: F80 30 Jahre

The F80 M3 is the fiery, temperamental child in an otherwise friendly, fun-loving family

BMW M3 E92 Pure
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30 years of BMW M3: E92 Pure

The E92 M3 strikes arguably the perfect balance between grip and grunt

Goodwood Festival of Speed sculptures: the best of
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Goodwood Festival of Speed sculptures: the best of

The biggest celebration of all things automotive also has the coolest motoring art collection

BMW M3 E46 CSL
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30 years of BMW M3: E46 CSL

BMW dusted off a famous badge for the E46 M3 to create a lightweight legend.

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Formula 1’s worst red mist moments

Think Hamilton v Vettel was bad? Here are six of the most dastardly deliberate biffs in F1 history

Classic Wheels: 1951 Jaguar C-Type review
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Classic Wheels: 1951 Jaguar C-Type review

Thoroughly modern Michael Stahl discovers the pleasure of conducting a classic racing Jaguar worth more than $10 million

30 years of BMW M3 E36 M3R
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30 years of BMW M3: E36 M3R

The need to battle Mazda and Porsche on Aussie racetracks led to the creation of the rarest M3 of all.

Mike Horn Gclass cover MAIN
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Mike Horn, and two Mercedes G500s, take us on the trip of a lifetime through New Zealand

Mike Horn has swum the Amazon, circumnavigated the globe and even been sat on by a polar bear. But can the super-explorer keep a pampered Wheels journo alive in the wilds of New Zealand?

BMW M3 E30 Evolution II
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30 Years of BMW M3: E30 Evolution II

Where it all started, a homologation special that created one of the finest driver’s cars ever conceived.

ferrari 812 superfast
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The best engines on sale – as chosen by Wheels

Off the back of the International Engine of the Year awards, Wheels picks its shortlist of the best engines on sale right now

2017 Commodore SS V Redline vs 2008 BMW M3
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2017 Holden Commodore SS V Redline vs 2008 BMW M3

Aussie grunt faces off against German muscle in a $60K dilemma

Goodwood Crash
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The best crashes from the Goodwood Festival of Speed

Known as an orgy of automotive bliss, sometimes things go wrong on Lord March’s driveway at Goodwood

Next-gen Mercedes A-class harks a return to simple design
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Next-gen Mercedes A-class harks a return to simple design

Mercedes’ design boss Gorden Wagener speaks on a less is more approach in design for the next generation of the brand’s hot-selling A-class small car

30 years of BMW m3
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MOTOR celebrates 30 years of the BMW M3

The family reunion begins for Munich’s iconic rear-drive giant slayer.

Top-5 lightest cars
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Top-5 lightest cars

We take a look at the five lightest production cars available in Australia.

Ferrari 812 Superfast
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Ferrari 812 Superfast – Fast Facts

Know nothing about the latest Ferrari flagship? Here’s your cheat sheet